Self-Control

Self-Control
Delaying Gratification
Staying Focused
The Long View
Invest Now; Payoff is Later




TED talk on "Don't eat the Marshmallows"
Some interesting comments here.

Se same Street video on saving (9 min) -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0PjzgRY_fA






Link to NYer article - might convert to pdf/word - check length and reading level
__http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2009/05/18/090518fa_fact_lehrer?printable=true__

Don't -

LF's post on SC - lots of info
http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2009/10/22/i-like-this-lesson-because-it-make-me-have-a-longer-temper-part-one/

Another post and PBS video -
http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2011/06/03/heres-a-video-on-self-control-im-showing-my-students-first-thing-next-week/

Self Control exhaustion -
http://www.fastcompany.com/video/why-change-is-so-hard-self-control-is-exhaustible

Mind in the Making link in LF broke to youtube
Google this phrase - Mind in the Making: Essential Life Skills for Kidsand you get lots of hits. The org is
**mindinthemaking**.org/
Change the google to video and appears to be quite a few vimeo hits. One 3 min video is -
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xd0ccx_mind-in-the-making-essential-life-s_people -












Other links:
http://clerestorylearning.blogspot.com/2009/05/self-regulation-supports-student.html

NYT article - Can the Right Kinds of Play Teach Self-Control?